'96 Windstar trans leak

[wiswind]

Do NOT get older than '96.
The '95 had more problems.....and if not "updated".....is more prone to fail.
I do not know any more about what is compatible with what.

[Stites0518]

Figured that out from research... thanks for the reminder, man. We're having a reman put in next week with a year warranty, so all should be well with it long enough to be able to get a new Sedona or Caravan... and hack it all up and put in stretcher mounts and rubber mats and whatnot in it. :P

[Blue Bowtie]

Caravan? Caravan? If you think you're having transmission trouble with the A4XS in your Ford, wait until you get into a Caravan. Your Ford trouble is more likely due to a lack of maintenance. Regardless of the owner's manual's inflated recommendations, use the "Severe Service" maintenace schedules and/or change the trans oil and filter at 30K intervals and you'll have a lot better chance of the trans outlasting the rest of the vehicle. With the Dodge, no amount of maintenance can resolve the design issues.

Before you start shopping, slide on over to the Dodge Forum and search for "Caravan" and "transmission" is you have a spare week or two to kill.

[Stites]

Gotcha, bub... no Caravans.

Welp, to bring things up to date, the trans has been removed, rebuilt, reinstalled... and re-destroyed, apparently due to insufficient line pressure somehow. So, it's been re-removed, is being re-rebuilt, and is awaiting re-reinstallation. Builder says something in the control system isn't working right. He says he replaced the TRS and VSS, and that they found a wire that wasn't connected to some transmission control thingy, like a sort of extra computer???

I'm at a loss, y'all. The only other thing I know of wrong with the whole van is the intake manifold runners are stuck open... at least that's the DTCs it shows. Could that be keeping the trans from working right???

[wiswind]

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...98&catalogid=1

In case the above link does not work.... http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...?siteid=214072

For the IMRC actuators for about $152.
Make sure you get the correct side....

There is a TSB from FORD that says to backflush the cooler(s) for the transmission. When a transmission fails, it can clog fully or partially the cooler in the radiator...... When a new transmission is installed, it will overheat and fail if there is not good flow through the cooler(s).
If you cannot get the radiator mounted cooler to flow correctly, you have to replace the radiator assembly.
So I would have the shop verify that the cooler(s) are working correctly.